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[HiloJulie]

21:55 HST: De-orbit burn should have started. I think the capsule will have a north-to-south track and will not be visible from Hawaii. It should land on the ocean west just of San Diego.
22:12: They discarded the trunk. Too many souvenirs stored there added weight. Maybe the odd bottle of whiskey as well. Trajectory corrected. The nose cone has also been closed, so assume oil and coolant are good.
22:15: Committed to meeting the in-laws, splash down.
22:20: Comms lost, no talking to the mother-in-law. Too much ionization around the capsule but try getting her to believe that.
22:22: Weather's good, no excuses now.
22:26: A couple of minutes from parachute deployment. Pray.
22:34: Fiery object observed but seems in one piece. 
22:35. Communications back, crew OK, tears of joy.
22:38: Drogue parachutes successfully deployed. and all main parachutes deployed a little later.
22:42: A safe splashdown!
Kids - stay in school, the observatories in Hawaii offers routes for you to become part of this.

While I get the “British” mother-in-law humor, I have a few questions:

What does “praying” possibly do? 

Was this mission a success because people simply prayed? 

If it had ended in a catastrophe, would it be because people did not pray?

Is prayer a scientific method of accomplishment? And if so, how is it measured?

Don't worry, TomK, it won't be long before "it" gets another vacation as "it" is incapable of being polite.

I'm not worried. I know you and I rarely see eye-to-eye, but occasionally our opinions coincide. A lot of my spare time over the last 30 years or so has been dealing with fraudsters, so-called psychics and astrologers, fakes and charlatans. Fake lawyers who can't argue their way out of a paper bag without resorting to logical fallacies is old hat, but that's not a reason to ban someone unless it becomes egregious. I'm quite happy to take the flak because it rarely makes them look good, and, as most know, there's always more incoming. 

Speaking even more honestly, if you really are a lawyer..

I am sure she's more a lawyer than you are a "scientist." She could be a cartoon and still she'd be miles ahead of you.
 
Seriously.. you're wholly incapable of objective reasoning..  so any so called "science" you do is complete and utter nonsense.

I've posted my publication list here again, mainly in response to your claims that I'm just a janitor working at the observatories. In the meantime, I suspect HiloJulie is somewhat disturbed that you are now defending her.  I get the "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" thing, but I suspect that will only go so far. Have fun while you two partner up!

What's good for the goose is never good for the gander, hey?

Funny in that I spent 30 plus years in a very fruitful well-paying career dealing with blow hards who needed a 55-gallon drum as a hat due to the size of their head and ego – both clients and adversaries. 

You, Doctor, would have been laughed right out of the room!

Like I said in a different thread, "there's always more incoming."

Well, no you originally said it on the same thread you originally posted it on. 

At any event, I guess its OK if you are the one doing the "incoming," as long as its no one else. 

Yeah, you and the Dude! A good pair!